diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6ae645a37fba2cc0d8ce197d1bf6b0bb0bd5ce76..96fb4a49bf500e4e70494a6c5839385222c4c835 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
                 CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=.test-conda-env-py3.yml
                 curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/ci-support.sh
                 . ci-support.sh
-                EXTRA_INSTALL="pillow cgen mako"
+                EXTRA_INSTALL="pillow cgen mako imageio"
                 build_py_project_in_conda_env
                 (cd examples; rm -f gl_*)
                 run_examples --no-require-main
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c0442a73c99f5d1570e67b9ee1261d8fb320f503..fa83e362b87c93eb1692d1db82cccc48462e62e7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Examples:
   script: |
     curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/ci-support.sh
     . ci-support.sh
-    EXTRA_INSTALL="pillow cgen mako"
+    EXTRA_INSTALL="pillow cgen mako imageio"
     build_py_project_in_venv
     (cd examples; rm -f gl_*)
     run_examples --no-require-main
diff --git a/examples/median-filter.py b/examples/median-filter.py
index 010e2851d7ee9567732ac45b4a46d08d2d8fb212..7f787500ccf82a77b5961413f86e16dbf3cfe8a9 100644
--- a/examples/median-filter.py
+++ b/examples/median-filter.py
@@ -1,25 +1,14 @@
 import pyopencl as cl
 import numpy as np
-from scipy.misc import imread, imsave
+from imageio import imread, imsave
 
 #Read in image
-img = imread('noisyImage.jpg', flatten=True).astype(np.float32)
+img = imread('noisyImage.jpg').astype(np.float32)
+print(img.shape)
+img = np.mean(img, axis=2)
+print(img.shape)
 
-# Get platforms, both CPU and GPU
-plat = cl.get_platforms()
-CPU = plat[0].get_devices()
-try:
-    GPU = plat[1].get_devices()
-except IndexError:
-    GPU = "none"
-
-#Create context for GPU/CPU
-if GPU!= "none":
-    ctx = cl.Context(GPU)
-else:
-    ctx = cl.Context(CPU)
-
-# Create queue for each kernel execution
+ctx = cl.create_some_context()
 queue = cl.CommandQueue(ctx)
 
 mf = cl.mem_flags
@@ -97,4 +86,4 @@ result = np.empty_like(img)
 cl.enqueue_copy(queue, result, result_g)
 
 # Show the blurred image
-imsave('medianFilter-OpenCL.jpg',result)
\ No newline at end of file
+imsave('medianFilter-OpenCL.jpg', result)
diff --git a/examples/noisyImage.jpg b/examples/noisyImage.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..64db427319e4f2e4ce20d76f44cec3cca51a9697
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/noisyImage.jpg differ